The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
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DIRECTOR
Tom Shadyac
SCREENPLAY
Steve Oedekerk
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Phedon Papamichael
EDITOR
Don Zimmerman
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER
Marc Shaiman
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Linda DeScenna
PRODUCER
Barry Kemp
Charles Newirth
Marvin Minoff
Mike Farrell
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Marsha Garces Williams
ADR EDITOR
Christopher T. Welch
ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR
Ashley Fardys
ART DIRECTION
James Nedza
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Dean Zimmerman
BOOK
Maureen Mylander
CAMERA OPERATOR
Kim Marks
Patrick Loungway
CASTING
Beau Bonneau
Debra Zane
Kim Petrosky
CASTING ASSISTANT
Terri Taylor
CG SUPERVISOR
Sam Richards
CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR
Butch West
CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN
Joseph Gray
COSTUME DESIGN
Judy L. Ruskin
COSTUME SUPERVISOR
Mary C. Lane
DIALOGUE EDITOR
Avram D. Gold
Gaston Biraben
ELECTRICIAN
Daryl Tucker
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA
Patrick McArdle
Paul Sanchez
FOLEY ARTIST
Dan O'Connell
John T. Cucci
GAFFER
Rafael E. Sánchez
HAIRSTYLIST
Catherine Childers
Karyn Huston
KEY HAIR STYLIST
Judith A. Cory
MAKEUP ARTIST
Cheri Minns
Hallie D'Amore
Mindy Hall
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Jeff Carson
NOVEL
Patch Adams
ORCHESTRATOR
Frank Bennett
Jeff Atmajian
RIGGING GAFFER
Gary Dahlquist
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
Carol DePasquale
SEAMSTRESS
Nancy Servin
SET DECORATION
Ric McElvin
SONGS
Rod Stewart
SOUND EFFECTS EDITOR
Odin Benitez
Piero Mura
Randall Guth
SPECIAL EFFECTS COORDINATOR
David Blitstein
SPECIAL PROPS
Michael McGee
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
Melinda Sue Gordon
STUNT COORDINATOR
Charles Croughwell
SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR
Michael Hilkene
TRANSPORTATION CO-CAPTAIN
Kirk A. Holland
VISUAL EFFECTS EDITOR
Guy T. Wiedmann
Scott Hill
VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCER
Jenny Fulle
Julia Rivas Frey
VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
Sheena Duggal
Academy Awards
1999Nominee: Best Original Musical Or Comedy Score